America Attacks Libya 1986

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The US launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, an airstrike on Libya in response to a terrorist attack on American soldiers in West Germany

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Colour
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sound
Media URN:
100070
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Film ID:
ADTSTW071
Issue Date:
2011

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